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“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”

“Death is very likely the single best invention of life.”

“Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.”

“The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.”

“A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.”

“A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.”

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.”

“Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.”

“Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.”

“You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.”

“Harry taught me that death isn't the end, it's the beginning.”

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.”

“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”

“Make glorious and fantastic mistakes.”

“Go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.”

“Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.”

“Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what's going to happen next and you are mostly just making things up as you go along.”

“There is a good reason they call these ceremonies 'commencement exercises'. Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.”

“At commencement you wear your square-shaped mortarboards.My hope is that from time to time you will let your minds be bold, and wear sombreros.”

“Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.”

“Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars.”

“The definition of success changes. Success is to live your life with integrity and not give in to peer pressure to be something you're not. Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else's path; unless you're in the woods and you're lost and you see a path, then by all means, you should follow that.”

“Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.”

“My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out.”

“Never follow anyone else's path, unless you're in the woods and you're lost.”

“Openness isn't the end. It's the beginning.”

“Think of it as your ticket to change the world.”